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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-02
How the Stage Pays.

In an article on stage women and
their earnings in Lippincott's Maya
zine, an actress says that her pro-
fession is the only one which offers q
woman anything like adequate re-
Enumeration. Given in the lowest
ranks of stage work the pay Is suff-
Gent to live on comfortably and
allow margin for dress and saving.
A chorus singer will earn 81 week,
where g. governess will earn barely 81
and shop girl So or So. On the
stage q girl or young woman has the
hope Of getting or making fortune;
and, above all, she finds herself among
people who are willing to receive her
with open arnas If she is pleasant.
Here are no restrictions of purse or
caste. All are brothers and sisters,
and it lies with her and her alone
whether her new family shall respect
and look up to her or pass her
down sadly to those poor silly ones
who have missed the nobility OF their
aim and sacrificed all for short life
of foolish merriment. No wonder that
poor girls of the better classes go on
the stage when they see how much Is
to be done there, and then regard DIS
passionately the few other modes OF
earning q livelihood.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-02
The Tertiary Period.
From the Cornhill Magazine.


About the beginning OF the tertl airy
period, just after the chalk was all de-
posted, and just before tbs compare
lively modern clays aud sandstones
of the London basin began to be laid
down, an arm of the sea broke up the
connection which once subsisted be-
tween Australia and the rest of the
world, probably by q land bridge, via
Java, Suma5ra, the Malay Peninsula
and Asia generally. "But how do you
know" asks the candid inquirer,
''that such d connection ever existed
at ALP" Simply thus, most laudable
Observation-Disclosures there are large
land mammals in Australia. Now,
mammals do not swim across
broad ocean. There are none in New
Zealand, none in the Azores,
none in FIJI, none in Tahiti,
none in Madeira, none in Teneriffe-
Dore, in short, in any oceanic island
which never at any time formed part
OF great continent. How could
there be, indeed? The mammals must
necessarily have got there from some
where; and whenever we find islands
ike Britain, or Japan, Or n ,wfound-
land, or Sicily, possessing large and
abundant indigenous quadrupeds of
the same general type as adjacent
continents, we see at once that the
island must formerly have been q
mere peninsula, like Italy or Move
Scotia at the present day. The very
TACT that Australia incloses a. large
group of big ish quadrupeds, whose
copgsners once inhabited Europe and
America, suffices in itself to prove be-
yond question that uninterrupted
land com munication must once have
existed between Australia and those
Distant continents
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-02
Marriage in California.

The female sex are all in this land
boom, says the San Francisco Chroni-
Gle. Well, it will help to solve g. very
troublesome question. Men have al
ways had to get houses and lots to
have q home to bring their wives to.
Il has always, except in a few odd
cases, been expected that the man
will come to the woman, 60 down on
his knees and say:
RESPECTED madam, would marry
thee; | have q house furnished. /
have money in the bank; / can give
you little home, over which you
shall rule as queen. Como and be my
wife"
Then the young woman packed up
her clothes and took away from the
house of her father and mother all
the little bric-a-brac other fellows had
given her, and fitted off to rule in her
own little domain. Now for small
amount q woman can buy g. lot; she
can for another small sum build q
house, and for g. third small sum fur
nish it. Then she can go to g. man
who hasn't any home but lodgings,
and who lives at g. restaurant, and
take him by the arm and say:
RESPECTED sir, have house and
lot close by cable-car line. I would
marry thee. I can give you q home
as is home, where you can reign as
king, where you can get something to
eat as is worth eating where you'll be
as happy as clam"
Then the man will 60 home and give
his landlady g. weeks notice, buy
new suit OF clothes, burn all his knick-
knacks given bim by other girls, and
move into the house and lot, and
when the king begins to assert his au-
thority in that 25x12O kingdom, the
queen will get up and put on her
crown, and get hold of her scepter and
bang it over his head, and say:
"There amt no Salic law in this
kingdom, reckon"
Then it will be millennium time for
women
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-02
HOUSEWIFEL MATTERS.
APPLE MERINGUE.

Prepare six large tart apples for
sauce. While hot put in piece of
butter the size of an egg. When cold,
add cup of fine cracker crumbs. the
yolks of three eggs well beaten, g. cup
of sweet milk or cream, O. little salt,
nutmeg and sugar to taste. Bake In
q large plate with an undercrusJ OF
rich paste and rim OF puff paste.
When done, take the whites of the
eggs, half a teacup of white sugar and
few drops of essence of lemon; beat
to stiff froth, pour over and put
back into the oven to brown lightly.
FRICAssEE OF EGGS.
Take some hard-boiled eggs, cut
them into quarters, yolks and whites.
Heat some gravy seasoned with shred
lemon peel. parsley, thyme and grated
nutmeg. Put in the eggs together
with piece of butter rolled In flour;
shake it gently over the fire till prop
erly Uhickened; garnish with yolks OF
hard-boiled eggs, chopped small.
GRAHAM BISCUIT.
Three cups OF graham flour, one cup
OF wheat -four, two large teaspoons Of
baking powder well mixed with the
flour, rub in two large tablespoons of
butter, little salt, half q cup Of SUI
gar, one beaten egg, and enough sweet
milk (cold) to maze q soft dough, roll
out, cut with biscuit cutter and bake
Immediately.
LEMON PIE.
One teacup of boiling water, two
tablespOonfuls of corn starch, cook
ing until thick paste. Add one cup
of sugar, piece of butter the size Of an
egg, and set to cool. Stir together
the yolks of two eggs and the grated
rind and juice of one lemon. Mix all
together; bake quickly. Frost when
done.
ICE CREAM CAKE.
One cup OF sugar, two eggs, one-haf
cup OF sweet milk, IL cups of flour,
piece Of butter the size of an egg, three
Irresponsible of baking powder.
Cream for cake: One-half cup OF sweet
milk, three teaspoonsfuls of powdered
sugar, one teaspoonful OF corn starch,
boil until thick: flavor with vanilla.
COTTAGE CAKE.
Three-fourths of q cup of butter, one
cup OF white sugar, one and one-half
cups of flour, four eggs (yolks and
whites beaten separately, one table
spoonful of sweet milk, one and one.
half teaspoonful of baking powder,
little salt; flavor with lemon. Rub
the baking powder into the -four.
SUET PUDDING.
Chop fine three ounces of beef suet,
same quantity of bread crumbs, small
pint OF -four, pinch Of salt. Mix well,
then add one teacup or preserves and
enough water to make it soft; then
put in q Toured bag and boil three
hours. Any fruit can be used instead
of preserves if preferred.
POTATO SALAD.
One quart of small potatoes, two
tablespoonful chopped onions. two
OF chopped parsley. four OF beets and
enough of any salad dressing or clear
vinegar to make it slightly moist; to
the latter, if used, add little melted
butter. Keep in g. cool place until
ready to serve
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-02
He Never Read That Note.
From the Buffalo Express.

From the Buffalo Express
"Speaking of Observation-Disclosures
said the hotel clerk to the Expression
lst, "that old fellow sitting over there
by the window, sucking his cane, will
some day forget that he is on earth,
and will come down to breakfast with
a sheet wrapped around MIN, doing
the angel act. He's an old bachelor,
and has lived here at least ten years.
Last night q business man called to
see him. He was in great haste. He
wrote note to be sent up to the old
fellows's room and then rushed Off,
saying, "that's very important mes
sage; please see that he gets it,"
When the call-boy got to the room he
found that the old fellow had fallen
asleep in his chair while reading The
room had grown dark. The boy awoke
the old fellow up, gave him the note,
and went out. After failing to find
the match-safe, and after going
through his pockets with like success,
he discov cred the note in his hand.
What did the man do but twist it up,
light the paper in gas jet in the hallway
and after lighting his own gas looked
all over his room for the note. He
don't know what the message was,
nor who sent it, nor how important it
was, and [ have forgotten how the
business man looked. He has been
sucking that cane over there all day,
thinking about il. and cursing the
call-boy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-02
Something New in House Building.

From the New York Mail and Express.
"What Is the newest klnk III the i'm
provements for apartment houses !?
Pneumatic tures. Now they are
mainly used for shooting letters and
papers to the upper stories; but soon
we shall have them perfected to the
extent of doing away with the eleva-
tor" The speaker, g. well-known
architect, took down drawing.
"Here you see | have laid out two of
these pneumatic tubes. They are
made of paper. There is nothing
like it. Pipes OF this kind have been
in use in Vienna for carrying gas and
water underground for months. Al
though only about half an inch thick
they will resist an internal pressure
OF 1000 pounds per square inch.
They are light, cheap, easily adjusted
or repaired, and are made after the
manner followed in the manufacture
of fireworks. They are rolled from
sheets, and while the rolling is in
progress are treated with asphalt.
When completed they are lined with
an insoluble enamel. They will, I
think, supersede lead and iron pipes
entirely
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-02
Domestic Diplomacy.
From the Minneapolis Journal.


Mr.. Montgomery mas been Overrun
with visitors of late. All OF his rela-
tives and those of his wife have
swooped down on him like the grand
jury on the blind pigs. This hao
made Mr.. Montgomery weary. He
has even gone 20 far az to swear that
he will do all in his power to annlhi-
late the exposition. All LAST week MI.
Montgomery had to sleep in the wood
shed and eat his meals off Of the iron
ing board. This has tired Mr.. Mont
gomery rs completely as q blacksmith
tires sgon wheel. But the climax
was reached the other evening.
Clergy, dear" Said Mrs Montgomery,
when he came home to dinner, "we
are going to have company"
Eergy sroaned.
'such nice people. / just got the
letter to-day. The Tnompsons are
coming wi b their three beautiful
children and that delightful grand
mother. Then Carrie Thnrston is
coming with her new husband and
three of the bridal party and
Carries mamma and the Har-
ringtops, whom we met at Sarat oga
his summer. and those friends Of
mamma at Fargo. They will be here
tomorrow Mamma is coming, too,
and"-but Furgeson b I'D Jne.
An hour lat er ne ret urned III g. state
Of calm. That night he left the house
for few minutes. The next morning
the house was covered with placards.
They read in big, black letters:
Scarlet Fever" "Diphtheria, !"
"Small- pox." "All persons forbidden
to enter by order OF the Board of
Health, per S s. Kllvington."
Then Mr. Montgomery danced about
in unholy glee.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-02
Two White House Paintings.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

From Inc milwaukee, oentlnel
The Martha Washington was
painted in 1878, and Mr.. Andrews re-
ceived 5000 for it. It is q wonder
fully good piece of work. Mr.. Andrews
made diligent search for some of
Martha Washington's costumes but
without success. The dress used is an
authentic copy Of the costume at the
time. 1t was made by Worth in Paris
for Mrs. Darling, the wife of the pro-
prize or of the Fifth Avenue Hotel in
New York, who had it made specially
for her to wear at Martha Washing.
toms centennial tea-party in P ila-
delphia in 1875. Mrs. Darling loaned
the costume to Mr.. Andrews, but did
not herself sit as model. q lady acting
in that capacity whose form was
stout and plump like Mrs. Washing
toms, but whose face was anything
but as comedy. The face of the por-
trait was copied from miniatures
found in the Washington relics.
Tom Clark, g. CLERK in the supervis-
ing architects Office in the Treasury
Department., was the model for the
Jefferson. also painted by Mr.. An
drews. Mr.. Andrews made careful
study OF all descriptions of Jeferson's
dress, and there being none Of his COS
TUNES left he had one made in New
York, which Mr.. Clark wore. No bet
ter model could have been found than
Tom Clark. He is O. tall, graceful,
cavalier specimen Of manhood, and
the selection reinforced Mr.. And rews'
special talent remarkably.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-02
Michigan's Marriage Law.

The marriage license law went into
effect to-day, says Detroit dispatch,
and caused lot of trouble to minis
tiers and contracting parties. A mum.
Der of weddings had been set in the
Catholic Churches for O'Clock this
morning, aud the county clerks Office
did not open till 8 o. clock. The licenses
for these marriages had to be made
out before breakfast. Toward noon
a Canadian couple came to the clerk 8
Office and asked for a license, having
made the journey here from an in
terror Canadian point on purpose to
escape the marriage law of the Do
n1inion. They were terribly disap-
pointed at learning that they could
not obtain q license, the law provid-
ing that licenses must be issued in the
county where one of the parties re-
sides. The would-be groom called at
tention to the fact that nothing was
said about foreigners, and suggested
that the provision quoted referred
only to residents of Michigan. The
clerk was in doubt and refused the Ii.
cense, but telegraphed statement of
the case to the attorney general for
his opinion, which has not been re-
ceived. The Canadians went back
home discOnsolate. The law is be-
lieved to be a good thing, as it will
prevent many runaway and hasty
and will also furnish reIia-
BILE data for vital statistics.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-02

their hard labor. But in the east it
was black and threatening. They
must reach home before the storm
came on. The little sails spread out;
the ships flew over the water, causing
the foam to break over the deep drip
ping sides. Then came the first blow
strong against the sails; the loaded
boats threatened to upset. The men
were forced to take in sails and trust
wholly to the oars. 1t grew dark,
and the sea lifted restlessly into huge
farroiling waves. Then the storm
broke loose with wild force; it howled
and dashed the sea till it reared in
short, foam-capped waves. The men
rowed with all their might; the shore
could not be far away, though it was
not visible in the darkness. Ahead
of all others shot Christoph's boat;
close behind hira was Lars.
1t seemed as il the two were running
race for the safety Of the shore. A
wave seized Christoph's boat, lifted it
high and flung it with it's broad side
against the end of Lars vessel, break
ing it in. Lars saw it sinking before
him. A thought shot through his
D.,
waves bury Christoph, and Katie is
yours" But the thought was gone
in O. moment; in the next he had
leaned far out, grasped the constant
friend of his youth, now struggling
with death. But he lost his own
balance, sitting on the extreme edge.
He flung out his hand to catch hold of
something, but found nothing, and
plunged headlong. A huge wave
seized the boat, threw it far from the
place. and in the roaring of the waves,
last, despairing cry was lost.
At last the fishermen had painfully
reached the shore. Women and old
men full of anguish stood waiting the
returning ones.
"Katie," cried voice from the
darkness, and the girl found herself
embraced by two arms.
"Christoph thank Heaven you
are here %
She led him to her house. He was
silent all the way, only holding her
fast. She, too, hardly spoke When
they reached the house, she noticed
for the first time that his clothes were
saturated, and asked the reason why.
Then his mouth quivered with re-
pressed pain, while he answered.:
"Katie, the storm destroyed my
boat. Lars sn atched me from the
waves, but he b imself fell into the sea,
and"
"What" she asked. breathlessly.
81 could not save him." be said, al
most inaudibly.
x X
After 81 few days the sea washed the
body Of Lars ashore. 1t was the
only sacrifice it had demanded that
day. Lars had no parents living,
but even parents could not have shed
more burning tears than Katie and
Christoph, when he was buried in the
little churchyard. The thought of
him, the consciousness that his sacri-
fee had secured their happiness, never
left them.
Long after Katie went to, the altar
with Christoph, and when they came
from the church their first steps were
directed to the grave of Lars.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-02
opened. Tt was full of bank notes and

opened. twas full of bank notes and
the old man began lingering with them
as he went on, very pathetically:
"I'm going East, I hope you'll be q
good boy and take care of yourself
while Pm gone. II you're good boy
and behave yourself" and here the
young mans eyes fairly glistened as
he watched the old gentleman fiDger-
ing the notes; elf you behave yourself
while I'm gone-why-you'l please
the old man very much"
And the old man put the notes back
in his pocket-book and buttoned it
up in his pocket again. The nephew'e
eyes were wet but it wasn't with grief
at the old mans departure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-02
Encouraging the Lad.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.

The wealthy and penurious old gen.
tleman was going East. He had a
nephew who was trihe rapid
and was not Overburdened with
money. The nephew was elated
for be feltsure that the old man would
give him something handsome before
he left. 1t was the last moment on
board the ferry.boat. The old man
took him aside.
"Well, my boy, I'm going East"
and he put his hand in his pocket and
pulled out O. pocket-book, which he
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-02

IT isn't often that two full moons
come in one month, but that is the
case this October.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-22
How the Indian Writes English.

Sentence building and descriptive
writing from pictures form part of the
daily school work of each pupil in the
Industrial School, and the following
interesting attempts to form straight
English sentences were the result of a
recent exercise 81 see unit tree >
"Put wheat in stacks to keep from eat
ing the animals walking around in the
field )" "The elephant is a clumsy )
81 know the earth is round because If
you go long time you will come back
TO the place where you stardy like an
apple walking around"
Describing one of the Indian boys
in public debate who grew very earnest
"Near come out his eyes he talk SO
loud" 81 am study hard this time
am study tie book of bones. 1t is
called the physiology book. l must
try hard this time about the bones.
'The other day l went to see my
head and lungs about the Doctor
"Mexico is made of States united un-
der one garment.
A little Indian boy,whose problem in
arithmetic to work out was "Divde
1000 by .001," worked away very pa
tiently until the slate was nearly Gov
cred with 9's and 1 over, then, looking
up to his teacher, in tones of great per-
plexity said: "Miss Blank, l cannot
stop. Carlisle School Star.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-22
The Useful Maguey Plant.

At Ozumba, where the road begins
to descend, we breakfasted very we'll
for so cents in rude shanty, on eggs,
rice, beefsteak, three or four other
kinds of meats and stews, sweets, pull
que, and black coffee, says Charles
Dudley Warner, writing on Mexico in
-Harpers Magazine. The pulque is
best in these high regions, 1t is Wis
cous milk white fluid, very wholesome
and sustaining, aud would be a most
agreeable drink if it ''tasted good" In
fact it tastes, when it has been o few
days fermented, like mixture of but
termilk and sour cider. But many
strangers become very fond of it. The
older it grows the more intoxicating it
is. As the reader knows, probably, it
is drawn from the maguey plant, called
by US the century" which grows on
these elevations to great size, and is
the cleanest limbed and most vigorous
and wholesome looking product of the
region. When it NATURES it shoots up
a'stout spike ten or twenty feet high
from the center, bearing brilliant
orange flowers. When the plant is
ready'to tap the center stalk is cut out,
andNh sap collects in the cup thus
formed. 1t is dipped out or sucked
oubby tube, and when first drawn is
mild, cool, and refreshing. In about
three days it begins TO ferment. As it
is' often carried to market on the backs
of natives'in pig or goat skiDs it gets a
disagreeable flavor. The maguey
plantshas many uses. 1t is eaten cut
up and preserved like melon rinds.
Its long, tough fiber is used very ex.
tensively in making ropes and cordage.
The end OF each leaf terminates in a
hard, sharp, black thorn. Break off
this thorn and strip down the fbers
attached to it, and you have capital
needle and thread for coarse sewing.
The muleteers use it to mend their sad
dies and broken harness straps. What
encouragement is there to industry
when nature furnishes in one plant
drink, food, needles and thread and a
rope for lariatsi
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-22
The Sea Salt Craze.

The majority of our readers will re-
member the blue-glass craze which
ragged so furiously in 1912. The
manufactures of blue glass reaped an
enormous harvest, and people who
never allowed the sun TO shine upon
them before permitted its beams to
reach them through blue glass hing in
convenient southern windows. There
are some indications that another craze
is coming to take the place of blue
glass and the more recent furor for hot
water. The latest is the consumption
of sea salt or rock salt from Turk s
Island as cure for nearly all the ills
of the body. The craze has reached
Utica and is travelling this way. So
far, the sea salt eaten in season and
out of season has been found to cure
consumption, dyspepsia and kidney
difficulty, headache and general good
for-nothingness.--Rochester Demo